I got rid of unlimited data... for now.... (I have until the note 4 ships to cancel before my decision takes affect.)
Here's the quick(ish) version of the story:
My wife and I are grandfathered into unlimited data and use a combined 9 gigs a month. We are currently paying $167 a month for 2 UDPs and 1400 minutes. We have 1 line eligible for an upgrade (hers) and one line within a year of upgrade (mine).
I have been planning on using the BB loophole to keep unlimited data and ordering a Note 4 but when I called Verizon they told me about a deal they are offering with their Edge plan. I have always thought the Edge plan to be a rip off but they are currently offering the plan at $15/month/line instead of $40. That saves us $50 bucks a month for the 2 lines over the normal cost of Edge.
They said that if I switch to Edge I will be "Grandfathered" into the $15/month. They also said I could switch both lines to the Edge and it would cost us $187/month before tax for a Note 4 and an Iphone 6 Plus 64gb (for the wife) and 11 gigs of sharable data.
This is more per month than we are paying now but the math worked out such that if you figure in the cost of new phones at upgrade prices ($300ish) we will actually come out ahead with this Edge plan by:
-About $200 over 2 years if we upgrade each phone once.
-About $1000 over 2 years if we upgrade each phone twice (once per year). This assumed that we would buy 2 phones out of contract for $700 per phone and KEEP our old phones as back ups. That $1000 saved would basically go away if we sell our year old phones.
What do you all think? It kills me to freely give up my unlimited data but since we don't use more than 10 gigs combined and this Edge plan gives us 11 gigs it's tempting. The only thing that is nice is that we can easily upgrade each line once a year.
Here's the quick(ish) version of the story:
My wife and I are grandfathered into unlimited data and use a combined 9 gigs a month. We are currently paying $167 a month for 2 UDPs and 1400 minutes. We have 1 line eligible for an upgrade (hers) and one line within a year of upgrade (mine).
I have been planning on using the BB loophole to keep unlimited data and ordering a Note 4 but when I called Verizon they told me about a deal they are offering with their Edge plan. I have always thought the Edge plan to be a rip off but they are currently offering the plan at $15/month/line instead of $40. That saves us $50 bucks a month for the 2 lines over the normal cost of Edge.
They said that if I switch to Edge I will be "Grandfathered" into the $15/month. They also said I could switch both lines to the Edge and it would cost us $187/month before tax for a Note 4 and an Iphone 6 Plus 64gb (for the wife) and 11 gigs of sharable data.
This is more per month than we are paying now but the math worked out such that if you figure in the cost of new phones at upgrade prices ($300ish) we will actually come out ahead with this Edge plan by:
-About $200 over 2 years if we upgrade each phone once.
-About $1000 over 2 years if we upgrade each phone twice (once per year). This assumed that we would buy 2 phones out of contract for $700 per phone and KEEP our old phones as back ups. That $1000 saved would basically go away if we sell our year old phones.
What do you all think? It kills me to freely give up my unlimited data but since we don't use more than 10 gigs combined and this Edge plan gives us 11 gigs it's tempting. The only thing that is nice is that we can easily upgrade each line once a year.